No Weekly Top 40 this weekend?

[radiobrett]

Is there really no regular countdown for the WT40 this weekend? Rick's website says Rick has taken the week off and they are simply airing a holiday special. If Christmas Day was a Sunday, I could possibly understand doing this, but I find it weird since I'd say more stations air their countdowns on Sunday vs Saturday, and that is a lot of stations that have nothing to air except a Christmas show on Sunday the 26th...

[Adam (UTR)]

Yeah, it was a Christmas special this week. Here's what the playlist looked like, according to what was reported on yes.com from my local Hot AC station:

NSYNC - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
Gloria Estefan - This Christmas
Christina Aguilera - The Christmas Song
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Nutrocker
Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Tracy Chapman, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, John Popper, Run DMC, & Vanessa Williams - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Celine Dion - O Holy Night
Vanessa Carlton - Greensleeves
TLC - Sleigh Ride
Mariah Carey - Oh Santa!
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
Rob Thomas - A New York Christmas
U2 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Blues Traveler - Christmas
Faith Hill - Little Drummer Boy
Christina Aguilera - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Thurl Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
NSYNC - I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You
Celine Dion - The Magic Of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone (w/ Rosie O'Donnell)
Mary J. Blige & Sheryl Crow - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Glee Cast - Last Christmas
Mary J. Blige & Angie Martinez - Christmas In The City
Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year)
The Carpenters - Merry Christmas, Darling
Stevie Wonder & India.Arie - The Christmas Song
Christina Aguilera - Angels We Have Heard On High
Sugar Ray - Little Saint Nick
Barenaked Ladies - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
98 Degrees - Silent Night
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Extra Festive)
Darius Rucker - Candy Cane Christmas
Miley Cyrus - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
David Foster - Carol Of The Bells

[Hot AC Archiver]

Yes it is kinda weird. The HAC station I listen to switched back from its temporary all-Christmas format, and now they're playing Christmas again today thanks to Rick. :)

[musicfanpete]

Dec 26, 2010 11:45:40 GMT -5 Adam (UTR) said:

Yeah, it was a Christmas special this week. Here's what the playlist looked like, according to what was reported on yes.com from my local Hot AC station:

NSYNC - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
Gloria Estefan - This Christmas
Christina Aguilera - The Christmas Song
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Nutrocker
Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Tracy Chapman, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, John Popper, Run DMC, & Vanessa Williams - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Celine Dion - O Holy Night
Vanessa Carlton - Greensleeves
TLC - Sleigh Ride
Mariah Carey - Oh Santa!
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
Rob Thomas - A New York Christmas
U2 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Blues Traveler - Christmas
Faith Hill - Little Drummer Boy
Christina Aguilera - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Thurl Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
NSYNC - I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You
Celine Dion - The Magic Of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone (w/ Rosie O'Donnell)
Mary J. Blige & Sheryl Crow - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Glee Cast - Last Christmas
Mary J. Blige & Angie Martinez - Christmas In The City
Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year)
The Carpenters - Merry Christmas, Darling
Stevie Wonder & India.Arie - The Christmas Song
Christina Aguilera - Angels We Have Heard On High
Sugar Ray - Little Saint Nick
Barenaked Ladies - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
98 Degrees - Silent Night
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Extra Festive)
Darius Rucker - Candy Cane Christmas
Miley Cyrus - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
David Foster - Carol Of The Bells

Thanks for posting Adam! Sorry I didn't post something sooner. I noticed the playlist was not posted on his website. Nice for him to air this show. But who knows what will be on next week? If it's the top 100 decade show does that mean two more weeks without a regular weekly countdown show? Stay tuned! :)

[Hervard]

The Top 100 of the decade, which at first I thought was based on the CHR/Pop charts, appears to be a combination of Hot AC and CHR/Pop, judging by the first five hits I've heard so far. Rick mentioned that every song was #1, but I honestly didn't remember "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley being #1 at Pop (although, Rick made up his own charts halfway through the decade, so I guess it could have). Then, when he played "Soak Up The Sun" by Sheryl Crow, I knew that it had to be a mixed chart (since he was going by the R&R chart in 2002). Anyway, the Top 100 show is streamed exclusively online. Only the Top 40 of the decade airs on terrestrial radio stations, which would be this weekend. As far as I know, next week's show will be a regular weekly show (unless he decides to do his "#1 hits of the past four years" shows that he's been known to run around the new year. However, I have a feeling that his "Top 40 of the past ten years" countdown replaces that).

[musicfanpete]

Jan 1, 2011 11:15:47 GMT -5 Hervard said:

The Top 100 of the decade, which at first I thought was based on the CHR/Pop charts, appears to be a combination of Hot AC and CHR/Pop, judging by the first five hits I've heard so far. Rick mentioned that every song was #1, but I honestly didn't remember "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley being #1 at Pop (although, Rick made up his own charts halfway through the decade, so I guess it could have). Then, when he played "Soak Up The Sun" by Sheryl Crow, I knew that it had to be a mixed chart (since he was going by the R&R chart in 2002). Anyway, the Top 100 show is streamed exclusively online. Only the Top 40 of the decade airs on terrestrial radio stations, which would be this weekend. As far as I know, next week's show will be a regular weekly show (unless he decides to do his "#1 hits of the past four years" shows that he's been known to run around the new year. However, I have a feeling that his "Top 40 of the past ten years" countdown replaces that).

I don't know where the Top 100 show is being streamed, but they only have the Top 40 streaming on his website right now. I will post this shortly in a separate thread.

[atlantaboy]

Rick Dees needs to look up the definition of the word decade (sorry lol)